Improvement in corset-fastenings



w. B. CARGILL. CORSET-FASTENING.

Patented Feb. 8,1876.

N'PETERS. PHOTO LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON D O UNIT D ST ES WILLIAM B. OARGILL, on WAT RBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR To HIM- PATENT I SELF. AND WATERMAN & MAYER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. v a

* IMPROVEMENT m 'CORSETgFAS'l'ENINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 173,210, dated 1 December 3, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. CARGILL, of Waterbury, in. the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have inventedan Improvementin Fastening for Corsets, of

which the following is a specification:

. Corset- -faStenings have been made with studs upon thespring-busk at one'edge of the corset,- pas'sing into eyes or female fastenings upon the brisk atthe other edge of the corset,

and these eyes have u'suallybeeii riveted t0 thespring forming the corset-husk. In some instances these eyes have been made in a metallic clasp or clip that has been bent around the edges of the springibrming' the busk, as

maybe seen in Letters PatentNo. 155,421 granted to me; but this sometimes slips, if a separate rivet is not used.

I back to form clips around the ,edges of the spring, and I combine with the same a tongue upon the sheet metal of the loop, which tongue passes through the spring, and is riveted up to aid in holding the loop in ,place and efl'ect ually prevent end movement. The mortise in the spring is narrow and does not weaken the spring as'much as the'ordinary rivets-holes.

the two corset springs or busks, with the fastenings upon them; Fig. 2 is a sectional lan of the same at the line a; a2, and Fig. 3 is a face and edge viewof the separate sheet-metal loop.

February 8, 1876; application filed j The corset-springs a b may be of single thicknesses of steel, or of two or more thiGk-.'

nesses'of metal, or metal and wood combined.

The studs 0 and sheet-metal clips d, upon spring a, are of similar construction to those j in aforesaid patent, only the stud .passes through the metal of the clip.

The female clasp or loopf is made withthe eye 2 for thestud c, with lips 3 3 that are bent around behind the edges of the spring b,-

and the tongue 4 that passes through a narrow v mortise in the said spring, and is riveted up to secure it frornend mot-ion, 'and to strengthen the fastening.

I am aware that'a corset-fasteninghas been I made with, a hook at one end of the piece of sheet metal, to hook around the edge of the steel spring, and with a tongue passing through the steel and receiving a wire ring, so as "to allow the fastening to be easily taken off.v My

fastening is the reverse of this.the spring is 'firmly held between the two lips 3 3, and the tongue 4 becomes an additional rigid fastening-rivet; y

I claim as my invention v The combination, with the corset-fastening,

having the eye 2,'o t' the two lips 3 3, clasping the edges of the corset-springand the tongue 4, passing through such-spring and riveted up, as set forth.

Witnesses: i

L; A. VAN PRAAG, HERRMANN DAQHSEL- Signed by me this 30th, day anteater, j, 1875.

. a In the drawing, Figurel is an elevation of 4 v I v i OARGILL. 

